orsus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ōrdior.

Participle

ōrsus (feminine ōrsa, neuter ōrsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. begun

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ōrsus ōrsa ōrsum ōrsī ōrsae ōrsa
Genitive ōrsī ōrsae ōrsī ōrsōrum ōrsārum ōrsōrum
Dative ōrsō ōrsō ōrsīs
Accusative ōrsum ōrsam ōrsum ōrsōs ōrsās ōrsa
Ablative ōrsō ōrsā ōrsō ōrsīs
Vocative ōrse ōrsa ōrsum ōrsī ōrsae ōrsa

References

  • “orsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “orsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • orsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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